Sports Report
Beginning Term 3 :
Monash division AFL competition
After displaying strong efforts at the Monash division AFL competition, our senior schoolboys earned a well-deserved spot in the Eastern Metropolitan regional finals for the first time in South Oakleigh’s history.
We knew the standards would be much higher against the best school teams in the region and although the results of the games didn’t go our way, the boys never gave up and persisted until the final siren. There were plenty of moments of courage, pressure, and teamwork throughout the day.
We saw heaps of proud efforts displayed by our boys throughout the day, including some amazing goals from Ryan Mahajan, Aiden Van Oosten, and Andrew Macraeas as well as Campbell Brown and Luka Kulas dominating the ruck. It was a wonderful experience for the senior boys, and we are proud of them for making it that far.
Written by Augie Thurgood Gates
Harrison Barr
Senior Football Coach
Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to the following students who were our year level champions during the athletics carnival. All the students competed in a range of events and were able to finish strongly in each of their events. Well done to all students!
Year Level Champions
Year 7 Boys – Darwell Begue
Year 7 Girls – Monika Calf
Year 8 Boys – Kintan Chakraborty
Year 8 Girls – Lidia Volpert
Year 9 Boys – Ryder Rutledge
Year 9 Girls – Millie Mitchell
Year 10 Boys – Andrew Macrae
Year 10 Girls – Maddy Carlton
Year 11 Boys – Rio Barrett
Year 11 Girls – Sophie Volpert
Year 12 Boys – Will Amiatu
Year 12 Girls – Serana Barratt
Boys Senior Netball
Zane Fernandez.
Head of Sports Department
Intermediate Interschool Basketball
We have had so many talented basketball players sign up for the interschool intermediate basketball day.
We had over 40 boys sign up, showing just how much enthusiasm there is for basketball across our school this year. Through weeks of dedicated training sessions, our coaches have had the challenging task of narrowing this down to just 2 teams to represent SOC on the day.
The standard of play throughout selections was outstanding, and every boy who tried out should be proud of the effort and commitment they showed.
A special shout out goes to SOC staff member Jamie Payet, who has been giving up his lunch times to train the boys to their full potential.
The Division Sport Day will be held on Monday 24th August, and we can't wait to see our two teams take to the court.
We'll be sure to share results and highlights from the day in our next newsletter, so stay tuned. Good luck to all our players — go SOC!
Noor Jenkins
Head of Sports Department